April 2012

Wow, has it really been a month?! I have been crazy busy. First of all, I moved out of Wyview and into The Colony. It was actually a lot harder to leave than I thought it was going to be. I forgot about the whole, "Hey new roommates. We met 2 seconds ago, but we're living together now" thing. And the not ever seing a familiar face thing. I'm getting kind of used to it now, but it's still not the same. I feel really unproductive without school, but I will be starting some Independent Study classes here pretty soon so I'll be busy again. Work is still going well and I'll hopefully be able to get some more hours this summer. 

I wrapped up all the kids at work and "turned them into worms". They loved it!

 Oh Meghan.....This is her being normal

 I often look down to find children strapped securely to my legs. 

Young Love :)

Oh the bromance of Taylor and Dean hahahaha I miss these 2 already! 

Dean's going down!

This was our goodbye party :(

Goodbye Wyview!!! Our apartment looked so naked! 

And here's my new room at The Colony! 

I've also been home a few times recently for random stuff. Once was for Zak's homecoming and Cody's farewell, another time was for Millie's funeral (a lady I took care of for about a year) and to say goodbye to Melanie Hunter before she heads off to Virginia, and so on.

Here's me, Haley, and Justin just being ourselves....

I was also given the incredible chance to go inside my old childhood house in Springville with Haley, my mom, and Uncle Bob. It was so cool and so much fun! There were definitely a lot of things that had changed about the house (especially considering the fire and all), but some things were still the same and it brought back some really fun memories that I had completely forgotten about. It was also fun to talk to the people who live there now and hear things that their kids do in the house that we used to do. In fact, the hall in the basement now curves in from so many years of kids climbing up it! It was awesome :) Things like sitting at the top of the stairs and having flashbacks to Christmas mornings or touching my old fireplace were thrilling! It was incredible! Here is a picture of me and Haley looking into this mirror in our old bedroom that somehow lasted through the fire. It was weird seing my "grown up" self in it because of all the memories I have of looking into it when I was little. Still, so cool and so much fun! 

My Children!

So, I recently started working at a daycare everyday after school. At first it was really stressful because it's just me in 1 room with 10-14, 4-year-olds. But I'm starting to get the hang of it now! On Valentine's Day I took some pictures of them - here they are!

There are a bunch more children in my life, pretty much all of them being in my family. I went and babysat my cousins Reese, Kendal, and Ty the other night and took a few pictures while I was there. Sometimes it's nice to get out of my apartment and go hang out with them :)

Why Girls Get Ready, Toilet Paper, My Children, and Handstands

Well hello there! Nothing too exciting has been going on lately. My new daycare job is going really well (details and pictures to come). We've done some makeovers, labeled our toilet paper, and I figured out I can do handstands in our hallway! You know, the usual.

So, here on the left we have Bethanie. She is my lovely roommate who allows me to doll her up every now and then. Here are the before and after pictures :) I did her hair, makeup, and had her put contacts in. And this, my friends, is why girls put forth
                 Before                         the effort to get ready in the morning.                     After
             

                Below is Claire labeling our roll of toilet paper.......Basically we heard that someone in our ward labels each of his eggs (individually) with his full name. We thought it was pretty funny and joked about labeling other things in our apartment too. The funniest thing we could think of labeling was toilet paper - each person gets 3 squares, and you can't go to the bathroom unless it was your turn. We were just kidding, but Claire actually did it! hahaha. Oh Claire......

 Next up are some of my children. At first the daycare job was overwhelming. They basically threw me into a room with 10, 4-5 year olds and said "entertain them for the next 3 hours while they all try to get your attention, climb all over you, and fight with each other." Easy, right? Now it's gotten a lot easier. I've figured out what will keep them entertained, how to discipline the fighters, and all that good stuff. I also found out that they love having their picture taken! Here are a few of them.

Lastly, I would like to explain the picture below............A few days ago I was having trouble focusing on my homework (surprise, surprise). I was talking to Bethanie, and she told me to do handstands to get the blood to go to my brain. I did, and my feet touched the ceiling when I did it. I kept "practicing" this until I could hold myself up with my feet on the ceiling. It's so much fun! Ok, maybe entertaining is the word I'm looking for....regardless, it's my newest hobby :)